fragments inspired by stage and screen
[originally published: http://www.aislesay.com/CHI-MACK.html%5D MACK & MABEL Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman Book by Michael Stewart Directed by Kevin Bellie Featuring John Steinhagen, Cat Davis, and Brigitte Ditmars Circle Theatre 7300 W Madison, Forest Park, IL / (708) 771-0700 http://www.circle-theatre.org Through April 7, 2007 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee February 28, 2007 The beloved and little-seen Jerry Herman musical “Mack […]
[originally published: http://www.aislesay.com/CHI-ONEFINE.html%5D ONE FINE DAY by David Rush Directed by Drew Martin Stage Left Theatre 3408 N. Sheffield, Chicago / (773) 883-8830 http://www.stagelefttheatre.com Through April 7, 2007 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee February 27, 2007 David Rush‘s spanking new play “One Fine Day” starts off with a Chinese dragon monster we soon learn is “the fucking Jabberwocky” from Lewis Carroll‘s […]
[originally published: http://www.aislesay.com/CHI-LADY.html%5D LADY by Craig Wright Directed by BJ Jones Featuring Lance Stuart Baker, Paul Sparks, and Michael Shannon Northlight Theatre 9501 Skokie Boulevard, Skokie / (847) 673-6300 http://www.northlight.org Through February 25, 2007 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee February 18, 2007 Craig Wright has written and BJ Jones has staged a resonant play about three men with guns, divergent lives, […]
[originally published: http://www.aislesay.com/CHI-PIANO-TUNER.html%5D THE PIANO TUNER by Daniel Mason Adapted by James E. Grote Directed by Jonathan Berry Lifeline Theatre 6912 N. Glenwood Avenue / (773) 761-4477 http://www.lifelinetheatre.com Through March 25, 2007 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee February 17, 2007 James E. Grote‘s adaptation of the novel “The Piano Tuner” by Daniel Mason offers a view of a Victorian sensibility dropped […]
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-LANDSCAPE.html%5D LANDSCAPE OF THE BODY by John Guare Directed by John Mossman The Artistic Home Theatre 1420 West Irving Park Road / (866) 811-4111 http://www.theartistichome.org Through March 18, 2007 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee February 11, 2007 Two sisters, an adolescent son, two deaths, a detective, a nutty ex-Good Humor man dressed in white, a gaggle of teenagers […]
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-UNCLE.html] UNCLE VANYA by Anton Chekhov Translated by Paul Schmidt Directed by Charles Newell Court Theatre at the Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E. Chicago Avenue / (773) 753-4472 http://www.CourtTheatre.org Through February 11, 2007 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee January 20, 2007 In the Court Theatre‘s production of “Uncle Vanya” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, one enters a world […]
[originally published: http://aislesay.com/CHI-BETRAYAL.html] BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter Directed by Rick Snyder Featuring Ian Barford, Tracy Letts, and Amy Morton Steppenwolf Theatre Company Upstairs Theatre 1650 N. Halsted Street / (312) 335-1650 / http://www.steppenwolf.org/ Through May 27, 2007 Reviewed by Martha Wade Steketee February 9, 2007 The lovely Steppenwolf upstairs theatre and its proscenium set for this production incorporates two entrances, one room, […]
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